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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 208 reviews |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 33°C 92°F + 💦 Humid (86%) + 💨 2km/h = feels like 49°C 120°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 88 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Dialog |
| 💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 5.31 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 USD 531 |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Natural Coffee |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| islandno-beachnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,043 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $527 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $829 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $237 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $76 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $192 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $657 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $31 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (968 listings) | $1,172 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $38 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $1 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 58° 136° 37° 98°🥵AQI 119😷✈️3h$1,086 / mo8MbpsThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia,
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 44° 111° 32° 90°🥵AQI 85😷✈️4h$2,749 / mo88MbpsSri Lanka is a great country to visit and explore on vacation, but it is not good for nomading. The
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 32° 90°🥵AQI 122😷🚕3h$921 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleSuper slimy vibe and good luck trying to meet anyone on a dating app who isn't a bar girl / working
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 48° 118° 33° 92°🥵AQI 88😷✈️3h$1,440 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high c
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 54° 129° 36° 97°🥵AQI 104😷✈️3h$1,464 / mo🌇 Also went here22 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really chea
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 44° 111° 40° 104°🥵AQI 185😷✈️3h$1,056 / mo🌇 Also went here19 peopleJust go to Singapore. KL and surrounding areas are great for a short pit stop for affordability. T
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 79😷✈️3h$1,249 / mo🌇 Also went here15 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia,
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 44° 111° 32° 90°🥵AQI 85😷✈️4h$2,749 / mo🌇 Also went here16 peoplePhnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 55° 131° 38° 101°🥵✈️4h$1,294 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleIt used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its cu
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 55° 131° 36° 96°🥵AQI 93😷✈️4h$943 / mo🌇 Also went here18 peopleI lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district calle
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 105😷✈️4h$977 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peoplePro's: - Beach is beautiful - Food pricing is decent Con's - This whole city starting from the airp
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 71✈️4h$978 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleI stayed in Hoi An much longer than I planned (10 days) because it was so pleasant. Yes, tourists ev
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 90😷✈️6h$1,199 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleNot cheap, but you get what you're paying for. Really nice, comfortable city, not too dirty or crowd
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 63✈️11h$2,726 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleGreat vibe and lovely people (I was surprised at the number of foreigners even in January!), fun nig
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 69✈️13h$1,986 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10842° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot |
| Real temperature | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 83% | sweaty 86% | comfy 68% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 92% |
| Rain | not rainy 29mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 120mm | not rainy 34mm | rainy 104mm | not rainy 48mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 251mm | rainy 205mm | rainy 93mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 58% | cloudy 56% | pockets 32% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 90% | overcast 95% | overcast 91% | cloudy 84% | overcast 93% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 82% |
| Air quality | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI | bad 88** AQI |
| UV Index | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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